Hannah Perry

Practice Areas

She regularly acts for children, parents and other family members in complex care cases where children have suffered non accidental injuries, serious physical or sexual abuse, deprivation of liberty cases, and those with international issues requiring transfer of proceedings between jurisdictions. Hannah has experience in advising and representing prospective adopters and children through their children’s guardian on adoption procedures within England and Wales and also in relation to Intercountry adoptions. Hannah undertakes her own advocacy at all levels.

Career

Hannah joined TV Edwards in 2012 and has been Head of the Children and Domestic Abuse team and Joint Head of the Family department since October 2019. She qualified as a solicitor in 2005 and has 20 years’ experience working with clients in both public and private law children cases, as well as those involving domestic abuse and forced marriage.

Professional Memberships

Panel memberships:

- Hannah is a member of the Law Society’s Children Panel.

Memberships:

- Member of the Association of Lawyers for Children.

- Resolution

Committee Memberships:

- Former Co-Chair of the Association of Lawyers for Children (November 2019-November 2022).

- Former Solicitor member of the Family Procedure Rule Committee (2014-Autumn 2019).

- Member of Resolution’s Legal Aid Committee.

Accreditations:

- Hannah is a Resolution accredited specialist in domestic abuse and children law (private) cases.

Publications

- Contributor to Resolution Guides to Good practice and Review magazine and to the Association of Lawyer’s for Children Newsletter.

- Introducing the Association of Lawyers for Children